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2. What CGPublisher Does

2.1 CGPublisher is an online software environment which allows knowledge producing communities to collaborate in the creation of works of intellectual property, and then communicate these works to the public through the Internet. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses is a registered publisher within the CGPublisher environment.

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6. Things for which Common Ground, the Host of this Site, will not be Responsible

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